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2. Who is Dave Powell?. Co founder of Engineous SoftwareCurrently chair of Computing Sciences at Elon UniversityJack of all trades ? master of noneCivil engineer degree - MSBusiness degree - MBAComputer Science degree PhDThesis on Optimization (Interdigitation)Emphasis is application or hands
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1. 1 iSIGHT 9.0: Theory, Concepts and Application Digging a little deeper into theory of iSIGHT’s major optimization techniques and how to control/diagnose their use
2. 2 Who is Dave Powell? Co founder of Engineous Software
Currently chair of Computing Sciences at Elon University
Jack of all trades – master of none
Civil engineer degree - MS
Business degree - MBA
Computer Science degree PhD
Thesis on Optimization (Interdigitation)
Emphasis is application or hands on ( not a theory guy )
Email is dpowell2@elon.edu
Web site is www.elon.edu/dpowell2
Click on Optimization 2005
Phone is 336-278-6233
3. 3 Who is Therese Polito? PhD from Louisiana State University
Joined Engineous from Ansys in 1998.
Spent 7 years working with customers solving their design problems with iSIGHT and Fiper.
Take advantage of her experience breadth, modeling experience and her knowledge of tricks of the trade.
4. 4 Class Prerequisites Familiarity with iSIGHT
If you have not used for a while then
Pair up with someone during labs
Leverage Therese Polito
Leverage Detroit representatives–
5. 5 Topics Class Organization
Nature and Diversity of Nonlinear Programs
Lab
6. 6 Class Organization – Major Topics Deterministic Optimization Models
Improving Search
Unconstrained Nonlinear Programming
Constrained Nonlinear Programming Multiobjective Optimization
7. 7 Core Algorithms – Packages
8. 8 References Hard copy handouts or pointers to Selective Optimization Packages from Developers
Varied Developer Background
Varied Developer Locations
Varied Terminology
Varied User Friendliness
To diagnose a problem, you must speak the developers language and the iSIGHT Language.
9. 9 Course References Optimization in Operations Research – Rardin - 1998
Numerical Optimization Techniques for Engineering Design with Applications – Vanderplaats - 1999
Optimization Concepts and Applications in Engineering – Belegundu - 1999
Introduction to Engineering Design Optimization – Onwubiko - 2000
Engineering Optimization Theory and Practice – Rao – 1996
Multi-Objective Optimization using Evolutionary Algorithms – Deb – 2001
Practical Management Science – Winston – 2001
Engineering Optimization Methods and Applications – Reklaitis – 1983
Applied Optimization with Matlab Programming, Venkataraman, 2002.
10. 10 Key Goals Understanding the client side iSIGHT Optimization Model Abstraction
Understanding the internal representation of the iSIGHT Optimization Model
Understanding the transformation between iSIGHT Model and Third Party Optimization Packages
Give you conceptual background to understand options of each technique
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12. 12 Walk Away Info Problem Formulation is critical
Scaling
Good initial starting point
Use multiple starting points
Read the optimizer’s diagnostic output
13. 13 Individual Objectives Name
Company
iSIGHT Experience
What you hope to take from course?